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Introduction
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Although the purpose of Fedfree is to promote decentralisation, someone does
have to control what is naturally a centralised resource, specifically
the `fedfree.org` domain name and corresponding website.

The purpose of this page is to clearly define who maintains the Fedfree
infrastructure, how decisions are made upon it, and in general how the website
is maintained.

Democracy
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Fedfree is intended to be a collaborative project, with many people working
on it. Since Fedfree is a very young project, it currently adheres to a BDFL
model of leadership, but it is the intention of its founder Leah Rowe to
establish a flat hierarchical form of management in the future, with decisions
taken subject to a formalised committee. It is expected that this form of
leadership will evolve naturally, over time, as more people become involved
with the running of the Fedfree website.

It is not the intention of this project, Fedfree, to become a large
centralised infrastructure provider, in any capacity. *The less infrastructure
Fedfree has, the better, because its purpose is precisely to show how you
yourself can host your own infrastructure, as was originally intended by the
engineers who built the internet.*

Leah Rowe (founder of Fedfree)
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Leah Rowe is the founder of fedfree.org. Leah is also responsible for
the [Libreboot project](https://libreboot.org/), a founding member of Fedfree.

Leah owns and operates the fedfree.org servers from a lab somewhere in the UK,
reviewing your pull requests with great benevolence.

Help needed!
============

**Any person can submit a guide to Fedfree, which (subject to review) could
then be hosted on the Fedfree website. Learn how to contribute on
the [git page](git.md)**

Fedfree is intended to be a one-stop-shop for any sort of information you
need, to run any kind of infrastructure for your project. It is critical
that we return to the *real internet* where every participant has their own
unique voice, free from the tyranny of centralised gatekeepers like GitHub.

You can help make this a reality. If there's a guide missing on Fedfree that
you believe it should have, then write that guide!

Fedfree's philosophy is: help people to help themselves. You can help Fedfree
do just that!
